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Pekudei
By the Numbers
15 Facts You Should Know About the Jews of France
The country with the largest Jewish population, after the Land of Israel and the United States, French Jews have experienced both severe persecution and incredible growth.
The country with the largest Jewish population, after the Land of Israel and the United States, French Jews have experienced both severe persecution and incredible growth.
10 Questions: Take the Jewish Kingdoms Quiz
Do you know which Jewish kingdom once flourished in southern Arabia?
Do you know which Jewish kingdom once flourished in southern Arabia?
Your Questions
How Do We Know There Won't Be Another Exile After This One?
The Jewish people have been redeemed twice before—once from Egyptian servitude and again from Babylonian exile. So what is it about the current dispersion that assures us the next redemption will be a permanent homecoming?
The Jewish people have been redeemed twice before—once from Egyptian servitude and again from Babylonian exile. So what is it about the current dispersion that assures us the next redemption will be a permanent homecoming?
What Does the Name Fruma Mean?
Fruma is a Jewish girls’ name, whose meaning is not as straightforward as you might think!
Fruma is a Jewish girls’ name, whose meaning is not as straightforward as you might think!
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Project Purpose
Project Purpose, an 18-week journey toward discovering and actualizing your unique purpose in life.
Project Purpose, an 18-week journey toward discovering and actualizing your unique purpose in life.
The Rapping Rabbi
Moshe Reuven's incredible spiritual journey included an NDE, topping the charts as a musician, business success, becoming a rabbi, and much more.
Moshe Reuven's incredible spiritual journey included an NDE, topping the charts as a musician, business success, becoming a rabbi, and much more.
Everything Jewish You Need to Know This Week
In today’s episode, we’ve got cluelessness, Jackie Robinson, and several varieties of Cairo; it’s time for your Jewish week.
In today’s episode, we’ve got cluelessness, Jackie Robinson, and several varieties of Cairo; it’s time for your Jewish week.
The Freeman Files
The Moon and Us
To an ancient Greek or a Hindu, passive stillness is masculine, activity and motion are feminine. To a Taoist, action is masculine and passiveness is feminine. In other words, if it is a virtue it is masculine. The Jew turns the pyramid on its head
To an ancient Greek or a Hindu, passive stillness is masculine, activity and motion are feminine. To a Taoist, action is masculine and passiveness is feminine. In other words, if it is a virtue it is masculine. The Jew turns the pyramid on its head
Halachah for Life
What You Need to Know About Warming Food on Shabbat
Forgot to put up the cholent before Shabbat—are you stuck with cold food?
Forgot to put up the cholent before Shabbat—are you stuck with cold food?
Birthday
Parshah
What Does the Word “Pekudei” Mean?
While it is commonly translated as “numbers” or “accounting” the term also lends itself to other interpretations.
While it is commonly translated as “numbers” or “accounting” the term also lends itself to other interpretations.
Getting to Know You
I find that life has gotten difficult. I wonder why G‑d has chosen to give me ALS.
I find that life has gotten difficult. I wonder why G‑d has chosen to give me ALS.
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"And Jacob was greatly afraid, and he was distressed" (Genesis 32:8) - He was afraid that he might be killed, and distressed that he might kill.
— Midrash Rabbah
Print Magazine
For hundreds of years, perhaps since the beginning of Creation, a piece of the world has been waiting for your soul to purify and repair it.
And your soul, from the time it was first emanated and conceived, waited above to descend to this world and carry out that mission.
And your footsteps were guided to reach th...
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